"Not yet, but soon," replies the Fall Guy. He doesn't know that he's the Fall Guy, but he is, unless he happens to possess more than a human average of suspicion and wariness.
Fall Guy Takes Bait.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Now, I wouldn't have come to deliver this package if he hadn't promised to be here at this moment. And he wanted it so badly—and I can't wait!"
"That's too bad," says Mr. Fall Guy. "But that's all right; you may leave the package in my care and I'll see that he gets it the first thing he comes down."
"So kind of you," purrs the operator. "The only difficulty in the way of that is that I must see him when I deliver it."
Nothing coarse or abrupt, you will see; instead the smooth, purring round of the wheels that grind artistically and well.
Here the operator begins to bite the under lip and look at the clock with clouded brows.
"Hm! I can't wait, and he wanted it so much this morning!"
Sucker Digs Out Coin.
Fall Guy being a friend of Stool Pigeon's (the operator has picked him because of that qualification), gets solicitous. "Well, there's a collection of a dollar on this package; that is all, really." If Fall Guy looks burdened with money the charge may be as high as $2.50. Hardly more than this. It may run as low as 25 cents. The package contains, according to the operator, anything from a pair of cuff buttons to a pair of shoes.